INTRODUCTION
Imagine if you had no words to describe how you did something. You caught a big fish? Well, too bad you can’t tell what happened because you lack the word to describe the action. Fortunately, we do have verbs, allowing us to describe what exactly we did to others.
This way, verbs are very important because it allows communication of action(s) performed by someone or something. Verbs are those words which describe an action, state or occurrence. Examples in English include, but not limited to, to sleep, to eat, to run etc.
Verbs are called क्रियापद (kriyāpad) in Nepali. Check out the previous lists here (I) and here (II).
LIST
Verbs whose root ends in a vowel sound
| To be born | जन्मिनु (janminu) |
| To chew | चपाउनु (capāunu) |
| To console | फकाउनु (phakāunu) |
| To descend | ओर्ह्लिनु (orhlinu) |
| To get angry | रिसाउनु (risāunu) |
| To get fat | मोटाउनु (moṭāunu) |
| To get foggy | धुम्मिनु (dhumminu) |
| To panic | आत्तिनु (āttinu) |
| To remain | रहनु (rahanu) |
| To rise (sun) | उदाउनु (udāunu) |
| To send | पठाउनु (paṭhāunu) |
| To set (sun) | अस्ताउनु (astāunu) |
| To shout | कराउनु (karāunu) |
| To sing | गाउनु (gāunu) |
| To tolerate | सहनु (sahanu) |
Verbs whose root ends in a consonant sound
| To add | थप्नु (thapnu) |
| To bark | भुक्नु (bhuknu) |
| To be applied/ To feel | लाग्नु (lāgnu) |
| To be made | बन्नु (bannu) |
| To bite | टोक्नु (ṭoknu) |
| To bury | पुर्नु (purnu) |
| To carry | बोक्नु (boknu) |
| To climb | चढ्नु (caḍhnu) |
| To dance | नाच्नु (nācnu) |
| To dodge | छल्नु (chalnu) |
| To erase | मेट्नु (meṭnu) |
| To finish | सक्नु (saknu) |
| To get wet | भिज्नु (bhijnu) |
| To hit | हान्नु (hānnu) |
| To hold | समात्नु (samātnu) |
| To lick | चाट्नु (cātnu) |
| To measure | नाप्नु (nāpnu) |
| To pour/ To spill (something) | पोख्नु (pokhnu) |
| To pull | तान्नु (tānnu) |
| To push | ठेल्नु (ṭhelnu) |
| To scribble | कोर्नु (kornu) |
| To smear | दल्नु (dalnu) |
| To spin/ to roam | घुम्नु (ghumnu) |
| To strike | ठोक्नु (ṭhoknu) |
| To taste | चाख्नु (cākhnu) |
| To tie up | बाँध्नु (bā~dhnu) |
| To work | काम गर्नु (kām garnu) |
EXERCISES
A. WHAT IS THE ROOT OF THE FOLLOWING VERBS?
1. मेट्नु (meṭnu) /to erase/
2. दल्नु (dalnu) /to smear/
3. उदाउनु (udāunu) /to rise (sun)/
4. गाउनु (gāunu) /to sing/
5. सहनु (sahanu) /to tolerate/
B. GIVE THE TRANSLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING VERBS.
1. चाख्नु (cākhnu)
2. भिज्नु (bhijnu)
3. बन्नु (bannu)
4. फकाउनु (phakāunu)
5. थप्नु (thapnu)
ANSWERS
A.1. मेट् (meṭ)
A.2. दल् (dal)
A.3. उदाउ (udāu)
A.4. गाउ (gāu)
A.5. सह (saha)
B.1. To taste
B.2. To get wet
B.3. To be made
B.4. To console
B.5. To add